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Smells Like Teen Spirit Technique
Great lyrics move us like the world's best poems. Take a close-up look at the art.
Songwriting
Kurt Cobain was often hailed as the voice of his generation, a modern-day poet capable of representing the hopes, fears, and angst—especially the angst—of young people coming of age in the unce...
Music
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" has staying power as one of the greatest rock songs of all time because it offers a powerful combination of raw punk/metal energy with an irresistible pop sensibility....
Title
Before it became a famous song, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was graffiti spray-painted across Kurt Cobain's bedroom wall. Cobain and his friend Kathleen Hanna (lead singer of the feminist-punk band...
